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Live meeting.(Microsoft's Office System)

Publication: T&D
Publication Date: 01-MAY-04
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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Microsoft Live Meeting, formerly known as PlaceWare Conference Center, is now under the big umbrella of Microsoft's Office System, which adds programs, servers, services, and solutions to the bestselling productivity software, the Office suite. Live Meeting allows quick collaboration for or a...

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...spontaneous e-meetings advanced scheduling for future meetings. Participants can view and edit documents and share presentations in real time, regardless of geographic dispersion. You can convene in "Meeting Place" with as few as two people or use "Auditorium Place" for groups who would never fit into your largest conference room: a maximum of 2000 participants.

Installation issues

Although Live Meeting runs within a Web browser, it isn't part of the Office suite and requires a PlaceWare plug-in. Live Meeting runs only as a hosted conference service, with no server software on your network. David Hastie, lead project manager at Microsoft, says, "While not offered as a premise-based program you can own and maintain within your own firewall, we believe the industry and the market have room for both." For structured events, companies can contract with PlaceWare's Event...

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